词汇 | example_english_mixed-metaphor |
释义 | Examples of mixed metaphorThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Reasonable and unreasonable worlds: some expectations of coherence in culture implied by the prohibition of mixedmetaphor. Is that a mixedmetaphor about bones? It would be a mistake to believe that everything in the attendance allowance garden—an awful mixedmetaphor—is working nicely and smoothly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That might be a rather badly mixedmetaphor, but it is appropriate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have to use a mixedmetaphor to explain how this problem strikes me. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In fact, there is a via media, if that is not too much of a mixedmetaphor. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When it comes to ship repairing it is, to excuse the mixedmetaphor, a horse of another colour. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, by so doing he drew the more attention, if he will forgive the mixedmetaphor, to the dog that did not bark. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I thought that the mixedmetaphor in the title might imply muddled thinking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To say that it sank without trace would be to use a mixedmetaphor. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They may take land which will be—to use a mixedmetaphor—a white elephant to them for many years to come. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To use a mixedmetaphor, we cannot be fair-weather environmentalists. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is a mixedmetaphor. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My final mixedmetaphor is this. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I refer to the people who are washed up on the beach as a result of the steamroller having gone through—now there is a wonderful mixedmetaphor! From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I would like to see regulations set down that make it difficult for people to mix the books as easily as the drinks—to use a mixedmetaphor. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Perhaps a mixedmetaphor too far. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not a matter to be taken on the question of mixed metaphors or similar trivialities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the second half of his speech he gave us more mixed metaphors than we had had for some considerable time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am having a little difficulty in following the mixed metaphors myself. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the midst of some rather elaborate and mixed metaphors, he referred to horse racing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The reasons were given in a miscellany of mixed metaphors. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We propose to put the industry in a proper framework so that it need never again be subject to panic measures and blunt instruments and other mixed metaphors. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The highly developed alternative vocabulary including the mixed metaphors, hypercorrection, malapropisms and mis-pronunciations of the regular characters are much-repeated by the show's fans. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. His interest in mixed metaphors and making the familiar seem unfamiliar is one of the game's guiding philosophies. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. We reserve the right to rejoice in his split infinitives, his mixed metaphors and the strange beings with which his imagination peopled the cases discussed in his classroom. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. First, it is very important that the dead hand of bureaucracy—and that is an awful mixedmetaphor—does not extend its reach. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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